Burleigh Koalas - interactive community evening
Event description
Burleigh Koalas is an interactive community evening about koala conservation in Burleigh; challenges, solutions and the community's role in koala conservation.
We invite you to hear from expert speakers and engage with your local community to care for koalas in our region.
When? Tuesday 4th June 2024, 5.30 - 7.30 pm
Where? Burleigh Girl Guides Hut, Tabilban St, Burleigh Heads
EXPERT SPEAKERS AND TOPICS FOR THE EVENING:
Burleigh koalas – how population monitoring shapes conservation initiatives A history of Burleigh koalas, the City’s monitoring program, a view to the future, and how this work shapes threat mitigation to support a sustainable population. | Tina Strachan Senior Biodiversity Conservation Officer Environmental Planning and Assessment City of Gold Coast |
Wildlife Crossing Structures: overpasses, underpasses, and canopy bridges Roads divide and isolate wildlife and make it dangerous or impossible to cross to the other side. The solution is wildlife crossing structures: overpasses, underpasses, and canopy bridges are being installed all around the world. And they work! Professor Jones will present some of the innovative new designs and talk about the most studied overpass in the world: our very own Compton Road Landbridge. | Darryl Jones Professor Emeritus Centre for Planetary Health & Food Security/School of Environment & Science Griffith University |
Koala Drone Mapping Survey Overview on the drone technology, how they fly to survey and the type of information they gather for the survey undertaken by University of Queensland and Ripper Corp. | Jamie Holyoak Chief Remote Pilot and Endangered Species Survey Specialist Ripper Corp |
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